The situation is an opportunity for the speaker to bolster his credibility with the right, but he has limited tools to combat ...

Multiple Texas House Democrats will spend the night inside the Texas House chamber to protest law enforcement escorts that ...

The state House speaker’s vindictive campaign against Democrat Nicole Collier has no basis in law. But it’s Texas, where ...

After two weeks fleeing the state, many Texas House Democrats returned, and a quorum was reached on Monday. More than two ...

Burrows worked as an attorney before he was first elected to the Texas House of Representatives in 2014, taking the seat from current Republican Senator Charles Perry of Lubbock.

State Rep. Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, holds a press conference in the Speaker’s Committee Room on Saturday saying he has the votes to become Texas House speaker in the upcoming legislative session.

Rep. Nicole Collier has been in the House for more than 10 hours Monday after she has refused to have a Texas law enforcement ...

Texas House Democrat Nicole Collier spent the night at the state's Capitol, which she live streamed, after refusing to sign a ...

AUSTIN — Newly elected Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, struck a conciliatory tone in his victory speech after defeating David Cook, R-Mansfield in what split the GOP.

House Speaker Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, addresses the chamber after being sworn in on the first day of the 89th Texas Legislative Session at the Capitol in Austin on Jan. 14.

In a stunning turn of events, state Rep. Dustin Burrows of Lubbock announced Saturday evening that he had the necessary votes to become the next speaker of the Texas House.